Yes, I Think So

Personal self defense, such as martial arts, should be regularly taught at an early age. Guns, however, are more complex. I don't think that we should necessarily teach children how to defend themselves with guns, but we should teach them about guns at an early age. I believe that exposure to guns in a responsible and supervised setting is far safer than allowing children to be overwhelmed by the cultural illustration of guns.

We should teach kids self defense, such as martial arts.

Perhaps you should wait before teaching a kid how to use a fire arm, but for martial arts, absolutely go for it.

I used to be a violent kid, when I was growing up, always in the office for whacking some kid or another. That's what I felt that fighting was the best way to solve all issues, but when I was put into martial arts, and I started to understand what kind of damage I could do to someone, I very quickly stopped fighting, (much to the disappointment to some of the people who wanted rematches with me)

If It weren't for me at a young age, learning from martial arts, what my fighting could turn into, I could have ended up behind bars for assault, or murder. Or I could have ended up dead.

So I say teach your kids, how to fight, and make sure to teach them when to fight.

I agree with self-defense, but not firearms training.

I learned Tae Kwon Do when I was younger, and I can say for sure, that it saved me from getting my ass kicked in a couple fights in school (that I didn't instigate).Self-defense is absolutely a great thing for children to learn, for obvious reasons.

"My heart was practically beating out of my chest by the time I reached the closet. Whatever it was, it sure as hell wanted me dead."